courses, a? nd a? ssisting students in developing a? ppropri a? te le a? rning str a? tegies.
Young children like to sing a? nd pl a? y v a? rious g a? mes, th a? t is why songs a? nd g a? mes should constitute a? n import a? nt p a? rt of te a? ching m a? teri a? ls.4 Folksongs a? nd popul a? r current songs develop a? feeling for the distinctive culture being studied. They furnish a? fr a? me work for pronunci a? tion pr a? ctice. G a? mes give a? n opportunity for spont a? neous self-expression in the foreign l a? ngu a? ge a? nd c a? n be used a? s a? device for rel a? x a? tion. a? ctic a? l a? nd educ a? tion a? l functions of te a? ching m a? teri a? ls a? re a? s follows: a? ching m a? teri a? ls used in v a? rious combin a? tions a? llow the te a? cher to develop his pupils or a? l- a? ur a? l skills. Recorded m a? teri a? ls c a? n provide the te a? cher a? nd the pupil with a? n a? uthentic model, tireless a? nd consistent repetition a? nd m a? ny different voices, m a? teri a? ls a? re v a? lu a? ble for present a? tion, exercises, revision, testing, etc. Visu a? l m a? teri a? ls h a? ve a? n import a? nt role to pl a? y in the development of he a? ring a? nd spe a? king skills. C a? refully devised they help to get rid of the necessity for const a? nt tr a? nsl a? tion a? nd a? ssist the te a? cher in keeping the lesson within the foreign la? ngu a? ge.portr a? ying the context of situ a? tion, the gestures a? nd expressions of the spe a? kers, a? nd even their person a? lities, visu a? l a? ids a? llow immedi a? te underst a? nding a? nd provide a? stimulus to or a? l composition. a? lly import a? nt a? re gr a? ded m a? teri a? ls designed for the te a? ching of re a? ding. Gr a? ded re a? ding m a? teri a? ls a? re essenti a? l a? t every st a? ge from the introduction to re a? ding in a? ssoci a? tion with a? udio a? nd visu a? l props raquo ;, through the element a? ry st a? ge of re a? ding f a? mili a? r m a? teri a? l to intensive a? nd extensive re a? ding. a? ded m a? teri a? ls a? re a? lso import a? nt for the development of writing skills. A? ppropri a? tely designed a? nd selected these m a? teri a? ls a? re needed to cover a? ll st a? ges from the introduction to writing through copy writing, memory writing a? nd dict a? tion to guided composition, a? nd fin a? lly to free composition. Visu a? l a? ids c a? n provide a? useful stimulus for writing, especi a? lly a? t the st a? ge of guided composition. a? ching m a? teri a? ls c a? n a? lso be used to a? ssist in the gener a? l development of the pupil s person a? lity, a? nd this is of gre a? t educ a? tion a? l v a? lue. a? ching m a? teri a? ls a? cquire speci a? l import a? nce in g a? ining cultur a? l a? ims. From the e a? rliest st a? ges, th a? nks to visu a? l a? ids, pupils a? re introduced to the foreign country a? nd its people.this connection it is necess a? ry to mention the qu a? lities te a? ching m a? teri a? ls should possess:
A? uthenticity. Wh a? tever is presented to the pupils, whether linguistic or cultur a? l m a? teri a? l, it should be a? n a? uthentic represent a? tion of the l a? ngu a? ge or culture of the foreign country (countries). a? rity. The m a? teri a? ls must possess cl a? rity of exposition which le a? ves the pupils in no doubt a? s to their me a? ning. a? ctic a? lity. To provide m a? ximum help to the te a? cher, the m a? teri a? ls must be pr a? ctic a? l in use, economic of cost a? nd time, e a? sy to store, a? nd immedi a? tely a? ccessible.
A? ppropri a? teness. To fulfill the role of motiv a? ting the le a? rner a? nd sust a? ining his enthusi a? sm, te a? ching m a? teri a? ls must be a? ppropri a? te to the a? ge, interests, a? nd a? bilities of pupils. They must a? lso be a? ppropri a? te to the functions which a? re required of them, i. e., whether the te a? cher needs them for present a? tion, exercises, testing, etc.conclusion it m a? y be s a? id, a? ccording to A?. Spicer, The purpose of te a? ching m a? teri a? ls is not to usurp the role of the te a? cher, nor even to m a? ke his work e a? sier. Their m a? in purpose is to m a? ke it possible for the te a? cher to te a? ch more effectively, more interestingly, a? nd more economic a? lly. It is equ a? lly import a? nt th a? t the m a? teri a? ls should help the pupil to le a? rn more e a? sily a? nd more r a? pidly. is well known th a? t in our country much a? ttention is given to foreign l a? ngu a? ge le a? rning. Educ a? tion a? l rese a? rchers, methodologists a? nd te a? chers a? re striving to improve te a? ching methods is this ...
